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Crafting Colonial Companions: Zionist Botany in Palestine, 1900‐1930s**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.In the early twentieth century, agricultural research played an important role in the Zionist movement's efforts to increase Palestine's productivity and to facilitate large‐scale Jewish settlement. Recent historiography has started to recognize the importance of agronomists and botanists as central actors in the broader project of Jewish‐Zionist ...
Mona Bieling
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An investigation of pesticide practices in rural Indonesia [PDF]
Christian Journal for Global HealthObjectives: This research aims to understand local perceptions regarding pesticide usage. Methods: Interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), and live experiences were conducted with farmers in the Karo Regency, Indonesia. Six farmers, one FGD group, as
Fotarisman Zaluchu, Novi Fitriani Nazara
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez +3 more
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Academic Coverage of Online Activism of Disabled People: A Scoping Review
SocietiesDisabled people need to be activists given the many problematic lived realities they face. However, they frequently encounter obstacles in traditional offline activism. Online activism could be a potential alternative.
Gregor Wolbring, Laiba Nasir, Dana Mahr
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A Decision‐Making Model for Implementing Green Technology in Sustainable Building Projects
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Green technology (GT) adoption is pivotal for reconciling environmental stewardship with economic viability in the built environment, particularly in resource‐constrained emerging economies. However, empirical evidence on how specific GT drivers actively mitigate adoption barriers remains scarce.
Abdelazim Ibrahim +5 more
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Interview with Bob Alexander. Part 2
, 2016 Gift of John Revitte.In the second of a two part oral history interview, liberal political activist Bob Alexander talks further about his time in the National Teacher Corp, his youth in Detroit, Michigan, and the influences in his life which served to ...
Alexander, Bob (Political activist)
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Alternative and Activist Media
A study of the alternative media that can be found outside the mainstream mass media.Intro -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Who needs an alternative?
Waltz, Mitzi.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The governance of chemicals and nanomaterials presents a critical challenge, as significant uncertainties regarding safety and sustainability match their innovation potential. This creates a “knowledge‐to‐action” gap, hindering the practical implementation of safety and sustainability by design (SSbD) principles.
Mario Miozza +4 more
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The Activist Director Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation
, 2016 Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy
Millstein, Ira
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Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes: Global Evidence on ESG Failures and Remedies
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine whether business complexity increases firms' exposure to negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, specifically ESG controversies, using a global panel of firms from 37 countries over the period 2002–2021.
Abongeh A. Tunyi +3 more
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